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sb <br /> 4- Health and Safety Plan for Groundwater Well Installation and Sampling <br /> Activities at the Tracy Tire Fire Site Tracy, California, prepared by LFR <br /> and dated February, 2003. <br /> 4= Tracy Tire Fire Remediation Work Plan -Draft- Rev 2, prepared by Sukut <br /> Construction and dated May 12, 2003. <br /> -4- California Environmental Quality Act - Initial Study, prepared by the <br /> Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSCI, luly, 2003. <br /> 1.2.1 Site Location <br /> The Tracy Tire Fire Site [TTFS] is located at 29425 South MacArthur Drive, <br /> approximately 3 miles south of Tracy in San ]oaQuin County, California. See Figures I and <br /> 2 for details. [Appendix A]. The TTFS consists of approximately 5O acres primarily of an <br /> abandoned gravel pit. Two active aggregate mining operations are located adjacent to <br /> the site. Teichert Aggregate is north of the site and RMC Pacific Materials is south of the <br /> site. An abandoned Western Pacific Railroad spur borders the site to the northwest. An <br /> asphalt plant is located west of the site and an apricot orchard %2 mile to the east. The <br /> closest residence is located approximately % mile east of the site. <br /> The illegal tire storage areas were located within the former gravel Quarry that is situated <br /> below grade with no apparent outflows or surface water. Remnants of burnt tires, ash, <br /> and solidified pyrolytic oil are visible on the ground surface. The gravel pit area is <br /> predominantly covered with grasses and patches of shrubs and is easily accessed via many <br /> small gravel roads. <br /> 1.2.2 Site Background <br /> The TTFS has been owned by Mr. Silas F. Royster since February, 1983. The TTFS <br /> operated as the Royster Tire Disposal Facility, an unpermitted waste tire facility for an <br /> undocumented period of time. Mr. Royster stored tires at the site and operated a plant <br /> that shredded the tires for recycling into new products. Royster had been locked in a <br /> legal battle with the state for years over regulating the massive tire farm. Royster <br /> contested an order for a cleanup, saying his tire dump pre-dated the California Integrated <br /> Waste Management Board's [CIWMB] regulations. Approximately 7 million tires were <br /> illegally stored at the site. Site conditions ranged from orderly tire piles to large piles of <br /> unbundled tires and tire shreds. The facility also stored drums of used oil filters, old <br /> vehicles, trailers, and other miscellaneous debris. <br /> A grass fire started at the site on August 7, 1998 which spread and ignited the tires. <br /> Local and state agencies formed a 'unified command", which included fire, police, San <br /> ]oaouin County Public Health Services [PHS], California Environmental Protection Agency <br /> [Cal-EPA], DTSC, California Air Resources Board [CARB], and the CIWMB. The <br /> sb Environmental Services,LLC© October,2003 California Integrated Waste Management Board <br /> Site Specific Health and Safety Plan Page 2 of 62 Tracy Tire Fire Remediation Prolect <br />